September 4, 2015 – With the 2015 Ironman Triathlon World Championship a mere 36 days away, we thought it would be fun to countdown to race day with a look back at the 36 athletes who have won the most important race in endurance sports through radio conversations, Breakfast with Bob interviews, plus stories and…
Kurt Madden finished seventh at the Ironman Triathlon World Championship back in 1980. He also finished sixth in October of 1982 and came back again in 1985. He hasn’t been back to race the Ironman Triathlon World Championship since 1985, but he qualified to race this year at Ironman Texas, and at the age of…
September 4, 2015 – With the 2015 Ironman Triathlon World Championship a mere 36 days away, we thought it would be fun to countdown to race day with a look back at the 36 athletes who have won the most important race in endurance sports through radio conversations, Breakfast with Bob interviews, plus stories and…
Sharron Ackles was the race director for the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii from 1992 to 2002. I received this letter from Gerry Rott, race director for the Lavaman Triathlons, and a close friend of Sharron’s and Sharron’s family. August 22, 2015 Aloha Dear Friends of Joe & Sharron Ackles, As you may or…
Liz Lyles did her first triathlon in a surfing wetsuit and on a borrowed mountain bike without clip on pedals. She won her age group. The mother of two turned pro in 2012 and won Ironman Wisconsin that same summer. In October of 2014 she was the first American when she took seventh at the…
Scott Molina was nicknamed ‘The Terminator’ and during his triathlon career he won 104 races including 50 USTS events, two World’s Toughest titles, plus a huge win at the 1988 Ironman Triathlon World Championship. We chatted about his long training partners and fellow legends Mark Allen and Scott Tinley, the athlete who would displace him…
In his career as an actor, Sean Astin has starred in Goonies, Rudy, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He ran cross country in high school and got back into running in 1998 when he ran the LA Marathon, an event he has now completed four times. He came on the show to talk…